Jeff Horn had some difficulty with Ali Funeka, but ultimately overcame it Saturday to win by technical knockout.
The unbeaten Australian welterweight contender floored Funeka with a right hand early in the sixth round. Funeka reached his feet, but he stood on unsteady legs, which caused referee Marlon Wright to stop their scheduled 10-rounder 40 seconds into the sixth round at Vector Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.
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"but has literally fought nobody"..?
Horn has an excellent resume for a guy with only 17 fights : http://boxrec.com/boxer/635000
He's fought 4 guys with losing records - otherwise undefeated guys or guys with very solid resumes
A few highlights:
7th fight he fought 37-3 Naoufel Ben Rabeh (only 6 rounder but won solidly)
12th fight 32-2 Viktor Plotnykov who won the IBF Inter-Continental welterweight title the fight before
14th fight - 22-1-1 Ahmed El Mousaoui
15th fight - the still dangerous Randall Bailey
And he's dominated every fight he's had.
Still a long way to go for the likes of Pacquiao but Horn is an excellent up & coming contender.
Man funeka knocked him dow hard with his head lol, horn ran into it that woud have been the first headbutt ko.
lol.
Just saw the fight. Horn jumping in way too wide from the very start of the fight, looking painfully obvious he's trying for an early knockout. And Funeka not looking like any kind of veteran, not taking advantage. I think Box Nation commentators made a good point about Horn leveraging his shots by using his legs, but there's no variety, it's all single big swing after single big swing and then he jumps out looking all off balance. Anyways, I'll give him some credit, he landed some really good overhand rights at the end of the fifth and the sixth to close it out. Tightening up his guard should be priority going forward.
You were riding Vargas to beat Pac, now he's back to being a bum?
My comment was not knocking any of those fighters just a fact ; they are more competitive matches than this crash-test-dummy -- I dont even think Horn goes five rounds with Pac, he might be his first legit KO in years.
Just saw the fight. Horn jumping in way too wide from the very start of the fight, looking painfully obvious he's trying for an early knockout. And Funeka not looking like any kind of veteran, not taking advantage. I think Box Nation commentators made a good point about Horn leveraging his shots by using his legs, but there's no variety, it's all single big swing after single big swing and then he jumps out looking all off balance. Anyways, I'll give him some credit, he landed some really good overhand rights at the end of the fifth and the sixth to close it out. Tightening up his guard should be priority going forward.
http://i.imgur.com/KKPHx3P.gif
And look at Bob Arums reaction during the fight! right now Chris Algieri or Brandon Rios or even better Jessie Vargas II. looks better than this.
You were riding Vargas to beat Pac, now he's back to being a bum?
Man funeka knocked him dow hard with his head lol, horn ran into it that woud have been the first headbutt ko.
Pretty sure it was the bodyshot that hurt him
http://i.imgur.com/kzJn3A5.gif
Jeff Horn's defense is so bad! hes thoughtless, even the ref is in danger when this guy fights ; you don't even need to punch him to knock him out...he can do that on his own...wow!!! he sucks!!!
http://i.imgur.com/KKPHx3P.gif
And look at Bob Arums reaction during the fight! right now Chris Algieri or Brandon Rios or even better Jessie Vargas II. looks better than this.
Man funeka knocked him dow hard with his head lol, horn ran into it that woud have been the first headbutt ko.
Would be nice for young guys like Horn to fight at least one opponent in the top 25 in their division before writers start talking about them fighting for major alphabetic titles, but the alphabet boys have given far worse fighters alphabet belt shots
http://i.imgur.com/kzJn3A5.gif
Jeff Horn's defense is so bad! hes thoughtless, even the ref is in danger when this guy fights ; you don't even need to punch him to knock him out...he can do that on his own...wow!!! he sucks!!!
http://i.imgur.com/KKPHx3P.gif
And look at Bob Arums reaction during the fight! right now Chris Algieri or Brandon Rios or even better Jessie Vargas II. looks better than this.